Karl W. Giberson

“Another reason why Adam maintains a hold on so many Christians, beyond his role as the source of sin, death, and evil, is his role in maintaining the social order. We see this most clearly in discussions of gay marriage where many Christians— and most conservative politicians running for office— invoke “God’s plan for marriage” by pointing to the story of Adam and Eve, where we read that “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 20 This viewpoint is often summarized with a smirk as “God made Adam and Eve— not Adam and Steve.” The story has been and is similarly invoked to assign a subordinate role for women and blacks, to authorize exploitation of nature, to condemn nudity, to maintain a holy Sabbath, and other social agendas. Notice how much of our modern Western culture is explained by this list.”
― Karl W. Giberson, Saving the Original Sinner: How Christians Have Used the Bible's First Man to Oppress, Inspire, and Make Sense of the World

“We shall not cease from exploration,” wrote T. S. Eliot in “Little Gidding,” “and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and to know the place for the first time.”
― Karl W. Giberson, Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution – A Historical Exploration Showing Why the Bible Is Not Science's Enemy